Increases from $2,000 to $3,000 the amount of guaranteed monthly compensation required to exempt an individual from minimum wage, overtime and record keeping requirements under the Hawaii Wage and Hour Law.

Increases the amount of guaranteed monthly compensation required to exempt an individual from minimum wage, overtime and record keeping requirements under the Hawaii wage and hour law. Establishes a formula for calculation of the guaranteed monthly compensation that pays guaranteed monthly compensation to the applicable minimum wage rate. (SD1)

Applies conveyance tax to the conveyance of a controlling interest of an entity with an interest in real property. Amends calculation of tax amount. Eliminates exemptions. Applies to conveyances occurring after June 30, 2015.

Ensures the long-term sustainability of the Hawaii Health Connector by levying a tax of two-thirds of one per cent on the gross health insurance premiums derived from the sale of qualified dental plans and qualified plans by insurers in the state, with certain exemptions.

Annually increases minimum wage from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2018. Annually increases the tip credit from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2017, if the gross amount the employee receives from wages and tips for a taxable year is at least 250 per cent of the poverty level, as determined by the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. (HB2580 HD1)

Increases the amount of guaranteed monthly compensation required to exempt an individual from minimum wage, overtime, and record keeping requirements under the Hawaii wage and hour law. Establishes a formula for calculation of the guaranteed monthly compensation that pays guaranteed monthly compensation to the applicable minimum wage rate. (SD1)

Establishes a maximum time period within which an application for permit, license or approval shall be acted upon by the designated agency or else deemed granted; authorizes each county to contract with a third-party reviewer to streamline the processing of applications; clarifies that previously approved projects that do not impact historic properties are not subject to subsequent reviews by SHPD.

Amends procedures of the HCDA to require additional public notice and public input for development projects and rule changes. Establishes additional requirements for development projects before HCDA approval can be granted. Creates appeal process for HCDA actions and decisions.

Amends procedures of the HCDA to require additional public notice and public input for development projects and rule changes. Establishes additional requirements for development projects before HCDA approval can be granted. Creates appeal process for HCDA actions and decisions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Amends notice and community engagement requirements for HCDA meetings and decision making. Amends development guidance requirements, prohibitions, and application procedures for the Kakaako Community Development District. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB1867 HD1)

Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations for workers’ compensation claims to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees. Allows for the use of an out-of-state physician under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2112. Sunset June 30,2018. (HD2)

Entitles injured employees to up to seventeen visits for psychological and psychiatric services under workers’ compensation. Requires the visits to take place over a sixty-day period. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)

Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations for workers’ compensation claims to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees. Allows for the use of an out-of-state physician under certain conditions. Repeals on June 30, 2018. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)

Imposes a penalty on an employer who does not pay an employee temporary partial disability benefits within fourteen calendar days after the end of the employee’s workweek. Clarifies that an eligibility determination for disability benefits depends on a determination by the employee’s primary care physician’s certification of the employee’s dates of disability or by an examination of the employee’s entire available medical records by another physician in the event the employee’s primary care physician is not available. Establishes that failure of the employee’s primary care physician to certify the dates of disability in an interim report does not automatically disqualify the employee from disability benefits. Allows contemporaneous certification to be waived and retroactive certification of disability to be allowed under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)

Requires insurance coverage for embryo, oocyte and sperm cryopreservation procedures to preserve the fertility of adults diagnosed with cancer who have not yet started cancer treatment. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB2061 HD2)

Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.00 per hour in 01/01/2015, $8.50 in 01/01/2016 and $9.00 in 01/01/2017. Increases the tip credit to $1.00. Requires employers to increase wages of non-tipped employees by $1.00 if using the tip credit for their tipped employees.

Requires the Auditor to assess the social and financial impact of mandatory health insurance coverage for orthodontic services for the treatment of orofacial anomalies for individuals in the state who are under 26 years of age. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB2522 HD1)

Imposes dollar limits on specialty tiers in order to protect patients from unaffordable coinsurance or copayment amounts. Limits patients’ coinsurance or copayment fees for specialty tier drugs to $150 per month for up to a thirty-day period supply. Allow patients to request an exception to obtain a specialty drug that would not otherwise be available on a health plan formulary.

Requires restaurants or food establishments to provide consumers with the option of using compostable or reusable disposable food service containers. Requires signs to be posted informing consumers that such containers are available. Establishes penalties for violations. Effective July 1, 2014.

Increases from $100 per day to a maximum of $10,000 per day fines levied for violations of sanitation laws and rules for establishments required to undergo sanitation inspections by the Department of Health. The increase in sanitation penalties establishes parity with existing food adulteration penalties.

Designates the Hawaii Health Connector as the health insurance exchange for the State of Hawaii. Establishes the Hawaii health insurance exchange special fund. Beginning January 1, 2015, assesses a Hawaii health insurance exchange surcharge of .345 per cent of the premiums derived from the sale of comprehensive medical insurance plans, including dental plans, in the state, to be deposited into the Hawaii health insurance exchange special fund. Requires the board of directors of the Connector to prepare and submit to the legislature a fully documented biennial budget request for the connector. Permits the legislature to annually appropriate funds collected from the surcharge to the Hawaii health insurance exchange. Clarifies that the Connector must submit the results of the connector’s annual audit to the legislature. (SD1)

Effective July 1, 2014, lowers the number of members on the board of directors of the Hawaii Health Connector to twelve, with a maximum of nine total voting members. Removes members representing insurers and dental benefit providers from the board and requires all but one of the state agency representatives on the board to be ex officio, nonvoting members. Establishes procedures for filling vacancies on the board.

Requires the Land Use Commission to automatically reevaluate boundary amendment decisions after 10 years if the landowner has not made efforts to use the land in accordance with the boundary amendment. (HD1)

Requires certain insurance contracts and plans to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2015 for treatment of brain injuries, including cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities for a period of at least twenty years from the date the injury occurred and up to a lifetime cap per person of $300,000. Requires auditor to conduct an economic impact study. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)

Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state. Sets the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually. Provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility. Defines “waste-to-energy” facility.

Prohibits issuance of building permits beginning 1/1/2016 for new residential single-family dwellings that are part of a master tract or a bulk application for five single-family dwellings or more without dedicated wiring for electric vehicle charging systems that provide level two charging or 240-volt alternating current charging. Allows county permitting agencies to waive the wiring requirement for new single-family dwellings under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)

Requires labeling of foods, including raw agricultural commodities, processed food and seed or seed stock, that have been genetically engineered or deems them misbranded. Provides a penalty for violations and authorizes private civil enforcement of the Act. (SD1)

Establishes, beginning January 1, 2015, labeling requirements for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the state that contains a genetically engineered material or was produced with a genetically engineered material; establishes exceptions; establishes violations; requires director of health to adopt rules.

For agency failure to act within established time periods on applications for business and development-related permits and licenses, repeals provisions that require automatic application approval or require an application to be deemed complete.